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Nigeria’s D’Tigress suffered their second consecutive defeat at the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup after losing 67-71 to Hungary in Berlin on Saturday. D’Tigress, who were seeking their first victory of the tournament following their 81-99 defeat to South Korea, struggled to recover from a slow start as Hungary established an early advantage. Hungary led 21-13 at the end of the opening quarter and maintained control in the second period to take a 36-26 lead into half-time. Nigeria remained 10 points behind at the end of the third quarter, with Hungary holding a 52-42 advantage heading into the final period.…

US President Donald Trump’s top negotiators are holding talks with senior Russian officials in Moscow, as efforts to end the war in Ukraine gather pace.A motorcade with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner was seen arriving at the Kremlin, and Russia’s state media say the envoys will meet President Vladimir Putin. On Sunday they will travel to Kyiv for more talks.Trump told reporters on Friday that Witkoff and Kushner were “bringing with them a proposal to end the war”. So far, efforts from the US and its allies to broker a peace deal have failed.Both Russia and Ukraine have said they…

Bennett Oghifo  Jetour Nigeria is set to take its high-energy automotive experience to Abuja, with the all-new Jetour G700 Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) expected to headline a three-day showcase in the Federal Capital Territory from September 22 to 24, 2026.  The Abuja event follows the brand’s major showcase in Lagos and comes as Jetour Nigeria continues to strengthen its position in Nigeria’s premium automotive market. Jetour Nigeria was recently recognised by the Nigeria Auto Journalists Association (NAJA) as the Fastest Growing Auto Brand of the Year, further highlighting the brand’s expanding footprint in the country. The company which currently operates…

Nvidia has agreed to buy artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face in a deal valued at about $12.9bn (£9.5bn), one of the AI chipmaker’s biggest acquisitions as it expands into software. Hugging Face, founded in 2016, has become a popular online platform where developers and researchers can find, share and test AI models and tools. It recently made headlines after rogue AI agents that escaped a testing environment hacked into it, raising questions about AI safety and oversight.The deal would bring one of the world’s largest AI developer communities into Nvidia and give it control of a leading open-source platform -…

By Maryam Abdul-aziz Usman Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Yobe State, Muhammad Gadaka, has withdrawn his controversial call for women to end their marriages if their husbands prevent them from voting for the party in the 2027 elections. Read Also: 2027: Violence looms as politicians threaten voters, opponents across nation Gadaka also apologised to the public, saying the remark was made as a joke, and not intended to encourage married women to divorce their husbands. “I withdraw my earlier statement that any woman whose husband prevents her from voting for the APC should end her marriage, and…

For three days, Emmanuel John waited anxiously in the psychiatric emergency unit of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), hoping a bed would become available for his daughter. She had been referred to the hospital after suffering a severe mental health episode, but every bed in the psychiatric ward was occupied. She remained in the emergency unit, where doctors and nurses monitored her condition while the family waited for a vacant bed. “We spent three days there because there was no bed,” Mr John told PREMIUM TIMES. When a bed eventually became available, the family’s relief was short-lived. According to…

Donald Trump has signed an executive order to remove endangered species protection for the grey wolf and a subspecies, the Mexican wolf.The US president’s decision could pave the way for pastoral farmers to kill the canines to protect their livestock. His order said ranchers played a “vital role” in the food supply chain and American cultural heritage.But conservation groups have criticised the move, saying it could derail long-term efforts to recover the endangered wolf populations.There were 319 Mexican wolves in the wild in the US in 2025, up from just four when they were reintroduced in 1998, US Fish and…

Key eventsTRY! South Africa 26-17 New Zealand (Marx, 66)YOU’LL NEVER SEE A BETTER MAUL IN YOUR LIFE!SA show bravery to go to the back of the line-out where PS du Toit has to use every cm of his two metre frame to bring it down. Then they work the ball back to Marx who marshals the pack in front of him and the mass of humanity rumbles on 20 metres and sideways to the poles. NZ can’t stop it and by the time it splinters Marx falls over the line. SFM converts. NZ have a bit of a mountain to…

Two action flicks, Paramount’s “By Any Means” and A24’s “Onslaught,” arrived in theaters on Friday. But neither could dethrone “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” which remains No. 1 in its sixth weekend in theaters. “Spider-Man” added $3.9 million on Friday, pushing it past the mind-boggling milestone of $900 million domestically. It’s now the fastest movie to cross the benchmark — doing so in just 36 days — and it beats the 50-day record set by 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” The Marvel-Sony tentpole is projected to make $22 million over the four-day Labor Day weekend, pushing its domestic total to…

A professor at Obafemi Awolowo University, Tunji Ogunyemi, has warned that restoring petrol subsidy could leave about 15 states in northern Nigeria unable to sustain their operations within three months. Ogunyemi gave the warning during an interview on Open Forum 360 on Friday, a podcast hosted by Dare Adekanmbi, while reacting to a proposal by African Democratic Congress presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, to restore petrol subsidy if elected in 2027. The professor argued that bringing back the subsidy would reduce the funds available for distribution through the Federation Account, on which most states rely to finance government operations. “I think…